Our Region / Deanery

In 2023, Most Reverend Robert J. Brennan divided the diocese into four regions: Brooklyn East, Brooklyn West, Queens East, and Queens West. In these regions, we have the deaneries. A deanery is a grouping of several parishes in a neighborhood or a particular area of the diocese. The goal of having deaneries is to pool resources and approach common challenges together. The smallest deanery in the diocese has three member parishes, the largest thirteen. The average number of parishes is eight. 

We belong to the Brooklyn East Episcopal Region, Deanery 7 (B7). 

The Episcopal Vicar of the Region is Very Reverend Joseph M. Hoffman. The Dean of the Deanery is Very Rev. Edward R. P. Kane.

The parishes in this deanery are:

Holy Family – St. Laurence
9719 Family Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11236
Phone No: (718) 257-4423
holyfamilystlaurence-brooklyn.org 

Holy Cross
2530 Church Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
Phone No: (718) 469-5900
holycrossrcchurch.org 

Holy Innocents
1677 Canarsie Road
Brooklyn, NY 11236
Phone No: (718) 763-9500
holyinnocents-brooklyn.org 

Our Lady of Miracles 
757 E 86th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11236
Phone No: (718) 257-2400
olmrcchurch.org 

Our Lady of Refuge
2020 Foster Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Phone No: (718) 434-2090
olrbrooklyn.org 

Shrine Church of St. Jude
1677 Canarsie Road
Brooklyn, NY 11236
Phone No: (718) 763-6300 

St. Catherine of Genoa
520 Linden Blvd
Brooklyn, NY 11236
Phone No: (718) 282-7162
stcatherinegenoabrooklyn.com 

St. Jerome
2900 Newkirk Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
Phone No: (718) 462-0223
stjeromercchurch.org 

St. Therese of Lisieux
4400 Avenue D
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Phone No: (718) 451-1500
stthereseoflisieuxchurch.org